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Phoebe Gloeckner, the author of the graphic novel “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” (2002) and an associate professor at the University of Michigan, was accused of
by jibe 4y ago
Phoebe Gloeckner, the author of the graphic novel “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” (2002) and an associate professor at the University of Michigan, was accused of “curriculum-based trauma” by students in a comics course, in part because she showed them Crumb’s work
As a society, we need to come together and move past things like curriculum-based trauma. Not good for anyone.
- rwnspace 4y agoLet's pray they didn't read Maus on that same course!
- Crumbbum 4y agoBroadly, I agree. I don't think removing a seminal artist like Crumb from a curriculum because some students are offended is at all good or appropriate. However, when you read into the Gloeckner case it seems like the students weren't the only ones acting insufferable. The thing is if you're going to be teaching Crumb in an academic environment you have to be able to speak to the more challenging aspects of his work on an intellectual level. If even half of the allegations were true, Gloeckner wasn't justifying her curriculum academically, and she also wasn't behaving appropriately in and out of class for her position. https://www.michigandaily.com/news/daily-investigation-finds-allegations-of-microaggressions-against-comics-professor/ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/daily-investigation-finds...